Academic integrity, thats something that is in the back of many peoples mind but when we dig deeper we also have the issue of intellectual property and copy write issues as well. The its hard line to understand the difference between just doing researching about a topic and writing a paper and if you're actually stealing another persons ideas and research. Many times you do this without even thinking, just think, you're doing research for a paper and you read something about your topic on a book but then decide you don't want to use the book for your paper. Later on well writing your paper you use a phrase from that book, or a spastic but don't even remember it coming from the book. At this point you committed plagiarisms without even thinking about it and I believe that's why its essential to bookmark or record sources that you used to research for your topic even if you don't plan on using the material. Just in case something like this comes up you can remember where the source was and reference the topic without running into a integrity issue. I feel this is a topic I didn't think about much as a student going through high school but as time goes on I see the importance of it.

Good evening class,

                For the week 4 assignment I came out thinking that I wouldn’t be able to find an article that would support my research choice of IT management or rather something that in the end I could find useful. I was rather surprised that I actually found several that supported my research topic. I went with a paper that was directed at the International Standard and the benefits.  I felt that this article would help support my topic and offer the creditability that I will need to support certain aspects of the paper. The article I choose was titled “To Govern IT or Not to Govern IT”. It summarizes the benefits of having a solid management group within the IT department and how to adapt either a behavioral management or process management IT department. In the end I have high hopes for this article being a solid benefit for my research topic and in the end offer the creditability that it needs.